Bryan Medina 4/30/14 Period 4 Claude Debussy “Music is the expression of the movement of waters…” Nine words is what it takes to vividly put into perspective the life of Claude Debussy and how he composed his own music. Debussy wrote his music as if he were to trying to portray water; making his music flow‚ reflect‚ and permeate through the listener’s ears. Masterful compositions such as “Claire De Lune”‚ “Prelude” from the Suite Bergamasque
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Claude Debussy: The Father of Impressionism Claude Debussy was among one of the most popular twentieth century composers of his time. He is known for his famous “Clair De Lune” and “La Mer”. This impacted the 20th century music genre with his difficult impressionist technique. He was among the few to be influenced by symbolist poets and impressionist painters‚ which resulted in true originality. He was the founder of Musical Impressionism‚ and impacted numerous composers such as Maurice Ravel
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Claude Debussy Claude Debussy was one of the greatest composers of impressionistic music and considered by many one of the greatest composers of all time. He had a genius mind and portrayed that through his music. He was a man of deep thoughts and showed great emotion through his music. “Although Debussy rarely appeared in public‚ only to perform‚ and left behind no pupils‚ it is clear that Debussy has many imitators (Debussyistes‚ as they were known)‚ and his death was widely mourned throughout
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Claude Debussy was considered one of the most influential Impressionistic composers of his time‚ along with his contemporary Ravel – ironically‚ Debussy himself very much disliked the term ‘impressionism’ and believed that he was simply trying to do “something different”. The piece Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune is based on a poem of a similar name‚ and is also known as a ‘tone poem’ – It tells the story of a faun in a dreamy like state who has encounters with several nymphs. There
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Claude Debussy By: Jackson Mikkelsen One of Debussy’s quotes that really caught my attention said‚ “Music is the space between the notes.” –Claude Debussy. I thought of music in a different way after reading this quote‚ when I heard the word music I always thought of a person singing or lyrics to a song. There is a lot more to music than that and I have learned that from researching Debussy and being in this class has helped me also. Claude Debussy is one of the most famous
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I decided to write about Claude Debussy because I believe he was an extraordinary composer and his works really influenced the 20th century. Claude Debussy was born on August 22‚ 1862‚ in France. Debussy‚ showed a significant interested in piano since he was a kid. This passion about piano‚ opened the door for a new path regarding music‚ that changed his life in a very good and beneficial way. Although‚ he did not come from a rich family‚ Debussy became a very honorable person. His journey in the
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Claude Debussy In a quote from June 1885 Debussy wrote of his desire to follow his own way. “ I am sure the Institut would not approve‚ for‚ naturally regards the path which it ordains as the only right one. But there is no help for it! I am too enamored of my freedom‚ too fond of my own ideas.”. From the start of his music studies‚ though clearly talented‚ Debussy was also argumentative and experimental‚ and he challenged the rigid teaching of the academy‚ favoring techniques that at the time
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The music of Claude Debussy and Richard Strauss demonstrates the movement away from the conventional tonal system through the use of extended tonality to shape their distinctive musical styles. The development of Debussy’s departure from nineteenth-century formal models is demonstrated in Prélude a l’après midi d’un Faune (Brown 131). Strauss establishes his mastery over the synthesis of chromatic tonality and motivic manipulation in his opera‚ Salome. After their defeat to Germany in the Franco-Prussian
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In the impressionism era‚ any exoteric about impression such as paintings or music would like to show people that picture in color with a completely abstract and beyond reality. The French composer‚Claude Debussy (1862-1918) is a leader of the impressionism in field of music.Debussy likes to place the title of a work at the end of the peice‚that allows pianists to feel and imagine the music intuitively before they find out what Debbusy intended to compost about. La Cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken
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Chopin’s Nocturne no.20 in C-sharp minor‚ Opus Posthumous was a nocturne written by Frederic Chopin. This piece first major phrase revolves around a simple progression of V6/5‚ i‚ ii4/3‚ V4-3‚ and V in the key of c# minor. The second theme has modulations and interesting approaches to come back to its home key. The introduction gives hints of what to expect on the piece and the closing theme could be debatable. The first 4 measures are the introduction of the piece where it starts with the tonic
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